Ahh shucks; Maybe they are finding out they aren't as "elite" as they thought or where told they would be at "journalism school"... Easy fix for this "being checked up on" -- get it right, don't take statements out of context, hey I got it report the news not your opinion!
Answering Back to the News Media, Using the Internet - New York Times
Now let me get this straight -- Mr. Schechter has a problem with "demonizing the messenger", I wonder if he has a problem with the "demonizing" of anyone you choose for any reason (i.e. they disagree with you, they didn't give you an interview, you just don't like, to sway public opinion, etc.) -- you know the elitist behavior of many journalist's.
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Answering Back to the News Media, Using the Internet - New York Times
Subjects of newspaper articles and news broadcasts now fight back with the same methods reporters use to generate articles and broadcasts - taping interviews, gathering e-mail exchanges, taking notes on phone conversations - and publish them on their own Web sites. This new weapon in the media wars is shifting the center of gravity in the way that news is gathered and presented, and it carries implications for the future of journalism.
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Interview subjects are "annoyed that they're quoted out of context, or they did a half-hour interview and only one sentence got used. Or sometimes they're just flattered that a reporter called them," she said. "If you're one of a growing number of people with a blog, you now have a place where you can set the record straight."
Danny Schechter, executive editor of MediaChannel.org and a former producer at ABC News and CNN, said that while the active participation by so many readers was healthy for democracy and journalism, it had allowed partisanship to mask itself as media criticism and had given rise to a new level of vitriol.
"It's now O.K. to demonize the messenger," he said. "This has led to a very uncivil discourse in which it seems to be O.K. to shout down, discredit, delegitimize and denigrate the people who are reporting stories and to pick at their methodology and ascribe motives to them that are often unfair."
Now let me get this straight -- Mr. Schechter has a problem with "demonizing the messenger", I wonder if he has a problem with the "demonizing" of anyone you choose for any reason (i.e. they disagree with you, they didn't give you an interview, you just don't like, to sway public opinion, etc.) -- you know the elitist behavior of many journalist's.
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